頼り

頼り

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
頼
たよ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Nominalized form of verb 頼る (tayoru, “to rely on”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) た​より [táꜜyòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠jo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

頼り (hiragana たより, rōmaji tayori)

1. reliance

Idioms

• 頼 (たよ)りになる (tayori ni naru, “to be reliable”)

Related terms

• 頼 (たよ)る (tayoru)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN